Surname Hurčak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hurčak families are almost entirely Croats (from Zlatar area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Hurčak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Rijeka (<10), Nova Gradiska (<5), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<5), and in Biskupec Zelinski (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hurčak (including: Hurcak , Thurchak , Chmurciak , Churchak and Hurczak ) is present in 8 countries on two continents. "Thurchak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Hurčak, Vera Hurčak, Andrea Hurčak, Dražen Hurčak, Ivana Hurčak, Blaž Hurčak, Ružica Hurčak, Marijo Hurčak, Tamara Hurčak, Dragica Hurčak, Ivica Hurčak, Tomislav Hurčak, Danica Hurčak, Robert Hurčak, Mirko Hurčak, Jadranka Hurčak, Vladimir Hurčak, Dragutin Hurčak, Miljenko Hurčak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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